Good Reading

Than­ks to mrp­syk­lops, I was read­ing How To Argue With A Con­ser­v­a­tive Chris­t­ian. There are some very good points there.

My addi­tion: nev­er both­er debat­ing belief. Beliefs are not thoughts or the­o­ries. They are sel­dom based on ratio­nal thought. You can debate the out­ward effects of those beliefs, like the legal­i­ties of gay marriage—but you can­not rea­son­ably have a debate about the beliefs themselves.

Don’t mud wres­tle with the pig, okay?

That post led me to this list of eth­nic slurs. I’m amazed. I can’t even get through the Bs, but it’s fas­ci­nat­ing in a rather sick way. I sup­pose it’s a good resource for writers.